It's the most wonderful time of the year... - Talksox

TheKilo · 03-10-2008, 08:57 PM

You can have the Super Bowl, the BCS and even (gasp) the World Series. It's time for March Madness, baby. The best sporting event of the entire year.

With selection Sunday 6 days away, I figured it would be appropriate to begin "Bubble" discussion.

TheKilo's Projected Field as of 3/10: - Bubble teams in Parentheses, Auto bids in Italics

ACC: Duke, Clemson, UNC, Miami (FL)

Big East: UConn, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt, WVU, Marquette (Syracuse, Villanova)

Big Ten: Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue (Ohio State)

Big 12: Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas State (Baylor, Texas A&M)

Pac-10: UCLA, Stanford, USC, Washington State (Oregon, Arizona State)

SEC: Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Kentucky (Ole Miss, Arkansas)

A10: Xavier (Massachusetts, Dayton, St. Joe's

Other Conferences:
Drake - MVC
Cornell - Ivy
Belmont - Atlantic Sun
Winthrop - Big South
George Mason - CAA
Siena - MAAC
Austin Peay - OVC
Memphis
BYU
Gonzaga
Butler
St. Mary's
Davidson - Southern Conference
San Diego - WCC

Bubble teams from Mid-Majors:
Kent State
UNLV
South Alabama
UAB
VCU
Western Kentucky
UNLV

TheKilo · 03-10-2008, 09:04 PM

I have 41 teams in the tournament as of now.

These are tournaments still to be decided (that will only get one team:
America East
Big Sky
Big West
Horizon (assuming Butler wins)
Mid-American (assuming Kent State wins)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Mountain West (assuming BYU wins)
Northeast
Patriot
Southern (assuming Davidson wins)
Southland
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Summit
Sun Belt (assuming South Alabama wins)
Western Athletic

TheKilo · 03-10-2008, 09:07 PM

Assuming there are no upsets, I have 56 teams set into the bracket for the field of 65. That leaves nine spots for any one of the following bubble teams:
My picks are bolded.

Syracuse
Villanova
Ohio State
Baylor
Texas A&M
Oregon
Arizona State
Ole Miss
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Dayton
St. Joe's
UNLV
UAB
VCU
Western Kentucky

HeadOfSoxNation · 03-10-2008, 09:24 PM

I really hope 'Cuse gets in. Those kids have done SO much this season with the injury hand they were dealt and all. Plus, they got hosed last year.

Coco's Disciples · 03-10-2008, 09:25 PM

Love March Madness. Can't wait.

Mr Crunchy · 03-10-2008, 10:41 PM

it was always my endof winter nirvana but for whatever reason i cant get into it balls to the wall
i dont know if its the lack of a good local team
or the fact that the usual suspects are on top like nc doke and kansas or if its the nba raping the ncaa to death or even a patriots hangover but i am not where i should be mentally for this time of year
nc is the best team ive seen for 40min
memphis and tenn are athletic but lack the depth and height of nc i feel
izzo got beat bad in columbus yesterday but he should be feared
never rule out uconn and calhoun although theyre real young
out west ucla may do some damage but 55pts a game wont beat the iron
should b as competetive as any but im takin the heels
fuck duke

YanksHater213 · 03-11-2008, 08:23 AM

San Diego crushed someone bubble last night, big win over the Zags.

As for overall, I'm taking UCLA. I picked them at the beginning of the year, and I'm not changing it. I love how they match up with all the other top teams in the country. They've got 3 legitimate bigs who can guard the likes of Hansbrough, Beasley, etc., a solid post game with Love, and I don't think I've seen a back court as good as this in a while with Westbrook and Collison and can go against any back court in the country, and two electric wing players in Shipp and Mbah a Moute.

Their only loss out of conference came by 2 at home vs Texas. It was Collison's second game back - and UCLA is simply a better team since then.

Mr Crunchy · 03-11-2008, 10:51 AM

ucla is good
but they'll need to be better offensively against teams outside the west coast.

TheKilo · 03-11-2008, 08:47 PM

Good game between IUPUI and Oral Roberts. It's a one-bid league, though.

Also, Middle Tennessee beat South Alabama, which will probably cost another bubble team a spot.

Mr Crunchy · 03-12-2008, 10:36 AM

ok hoop fans
game on for you degenerate gamblers,hoop nuts and men like jacksonian who like strapping negroes in shorts

Mar 12 723 SYRACUSE -2½EV o147½-110 -145
12:00 PM 724 VILLANOVA +2½-120 u147½-110 +125

Mar 12 725 PROVIDENCE +7½-110 o138½-110 +300
2:20 PM 726 W VIRGINIA -7½-110 u138½-110 -360

Mar 12 727 CINCINNATI +9-110 o128½-110 +370
7:00 PM 728 PITTSBURGH -9-110 u128½-110 -450

Mar 12 729 SETON HALL +10½-110 o149½-110 +450
9:20 PM 730 MARQUETTE -10½-110 u149½-110 -600

Mar 12 731 ST LOUIS +6-110 o114½-110 +220
12:00 PM 732 DAYTON -6-110 u114½-110 -260

Mar 12 733 FORDHAM +7½-110 o129½-110 +270
2:20 PM 734 ST JOSEPHS -7½-110 u129½-110 -330

Mar 12 735 DUQUESNE -6½-110 o162½-110 -275
6:30 PM 736 LA SALLE +6½-110 u162½-110 +235

Mar 12 737 RHODE ISLAND -1½-110 o148-110 -125
8:50 PM 738 NC CHARLOTTE +1½-110 u148-110 +105

Mar 12 739 BALL ST +2½-110 o120-110 +125
12:30 PM 740 E MICHIGAN -2½-110 u120-110 -145

Mar 12 741 NO ILLINOIS +6-110 o146-110 +220
3:00 PM 742 CENT MICHIGAN -6-110 u146-110 -260

Mar 12 743 BOWLING GREEN +1-110 o122-110 EV
5:30 PM 744 TOLEDO -1-110 u122-110 -120

Mar 12 745 BUFFALO +9-110 o128½-110 +350
8:00 PM 746 MIAMI OH -9-110 u128½-110 -430

CONFERENCE USA - FIRST ROUND
Preview Matchup/Injuries Compare-Team-Stats

Mar 12 747 E CAROLINA +9½-110 o136½-110 +425
1:00 PM 748 TULSA -9½-110 u136½-110 -550

Mar 12 749 SMU +10½-110 o142-110 +500
3:30 PM 750 UTEP -10½-110 u142-110 -700

Mar 12 751 TULANE +2-110 o129½-110 +115
7:00 PM 752 MARSHALL -2-110 u129½-110 -135

Mar 12 753 RICE +15-110 o124-110
9:30 PM 754 SO MISS -15-110 u124-110

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE - OPENING ROUND
Mar 12 755 COLORADO ST +6½-110 o138½-110 +245
2:00 PM 756 WYOMING -6½-110 u138½-110 -290

BIG WEST CONFERENCE - 1ST ROUND
Preview Matchup/Injuries Compare-Team-Stats

Mar 12 757 LONG BEACH ST +10½-110 o126½-110 +500
9:00 PM 758 CAL IRVINE -10½-110 u126½-110 -700

Mar 12 759 CAL RIVERSIDE +3½-110 o121½-110 +145

11:20 PM 760 CAL POLY SLO -3½-110 u121½-110 -165

Preview Matchup/Injuries Compare-Team-Stats

PAC 10 CONFERENCE - FIRST ROUND
Mar 12 761 CALIFORNIA -2½-110 o152½-110 -145
9:00 PM 762 WASHINGTON +2½-110 u152½-110 +125

Mar 12 763 OREGON ST +18-110 o130½-110
11:30 PM 764 ARIZONA -18-110 u130½-110

See Red · 03-12-2008, 09:11 PM

So long, Syracuse!

TheKilo · 03-12-2008, 09:19 PM

So who's starting up the NCAA pool?

Coco's Disciples · 03-12-2008, 09:52 PM

I'll do it. Just a sec.

TheKilo · 03-13-2008, 07:36 PM

UConn sucks.

Mr Crunchy · 03-13-2008, 10:49 PM

thats a primary reason for my apathy this year
we had years locally where bc umass pc uri uconn and i even consider all the old big east clubs as local.. but at least a few schools were involved and had a pop at the final 4 whicb i consider a huge accomplishment to achieve.
this year?
uconn had a brief period of tremendouis ball but the last 2 efforts were dismal
uri was in the top 15 at 1 point and fell apart in that 2nd rate conference
umass has a shot at the dance if they do some damage in the a10 tourney
i just turned the game on and they were up 15? i think and 5 minutes of actual time passed and they were down 3
tim welch at pc had some good teams with ryan gomes recently
hes 1-9 in his last 10 big east tourney games....
ciao
nova sucks and i refuse to acknoledge louisville and marquette as eastern teams
so
georgetown by default gets my loyalty locally
i knew old pat ewing from the 1001 arcade in harvard square
i got to know charles smith who ended up doing some time locally for killing a coed in his suv after a game
he blew an .08 and that hung him but i dealt with his mom on some old debts he left behind and we cut him a huge deal in the process,he was greatful and appeared to be a genuine guy at heart...
ewings kid is at gtown as a 26 year old sophomore and they do have hibberd so they got a pop,i dont know anything about their guards and in the big show guard play is essential
it will be interesting if the heels get bounced cause after that its wide open